Closing in on the first of many spray jobs

We pulled the hood back off of the car so we could flip it upside down and deal with the bottom of the nose. We had several places that needed a little Rage and sanding. At this point, we just have three small areas to sand and we will be able to call the bodywork DONE for the hood!

Speaking of the hood, we built a buck last weekend to support the hood while we spray it. We have four more leg braces to install before we can set the hood on top of it. The goal is to have a buck for the body and for the nose that allow them to sit level and roughly where they will sit on the chassis. This will help us get a good color match between the body and the hood.

Except for the fenders right in front of the doors, the body is ready to come off of the chassis. There are a few spots that are difficult to finish sanding with the body on the chassis, so a buck for the body will be built for sanding and painting.

We're finished putting Rage on the rear end of the car. The lower fenders need a little more sanding once we get the body on a painting buck.

We also put the last of our HSRF on the inner skin of the driver's side door. We're closing that chapter out, and in the next couple of weeks we should be finished with Rage as well!